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Top 5 Live Albums???

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Alvaro Martín Gómez A.;8310016 said:
Really? I must confess that I've never heard it because I've never been a fan of David Coverdale (in spite of the fact that "Burn" is one of my all-time favorite DP songs). Besides, Blackmore's guitar work and Gillan's vocals on "Made in Japan" are so powerful that I've been convinced that any other live album from Deep Purple (without a symphony orchestra aboard, at least) would be overshadowed by "MiJ".
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Wow, you've never heard it, really? BUY IT TODAY! You've been missing out on a classic live album for well over thirty years! :eek:

I love MIJ, even though the original track listing left out some good stuff that later got released as the encores. But imo there is a fair bit of "filler" on the original album (like most of Space Trucking, for instance). Maybe shorter versions of some tracks might have created enough room to include some of the other material and make it a real killer double album?

That's where Made in Europe scores for me. Five tracks, very little fluff (although the looped applause at the end is pretty naff), just really great performances from every guy in the band. I happen to like the Coverdale/Hughes incarnation of Purple a lot and the bass work and tone on this album is fantastic - check out "You Fool No One". As you're a bass playing Deep Purple fan who counts Burn amongst his favourite tracks, you have to get this. Trust me. :)

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MIJ still scores one over MIE in one respect, though - Paice's drum solo on the Mule is one of the best I've ever heard.

Good call on the Buddy Rich album, btw.
 
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good thing i'm not the first to mention some of these:

1. Caught in the Act- Grand Funk Railroad
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2. Happy Trails- Quicksilver Messenger Service
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3. Made in Japan- Deep Purple
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4. The Kid's Are Alright (soundtrack to the movie, i know it's not technically a live album, but all the tracks are live recordings. also, i ripped live at leeds from a copy the local library had and wasn't impressed with the audio quality.. maybe that was just a crappy copy though?)
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5. Live at Fillmore East- The Allman Brothers Band
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*honorable mention: Grand Funk Railroad Live, the 1971 Tour.
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#76
1) Allman Brothers at Fillmore East

THEN...

Band of Gypsys ~ Jimi Hendrix

Live at the Regal ~ B.B. King

On Tour with Eric Clapton ~ Delaney & Bonnie & Friends

Under a Blood Red Sky ~ U2

and, if I could fit them in,

Jazz at Massey Hall ~ Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, Max Roach

Concert By the Sea ~ Erroll Garner

Unplugged ~ Nirvana

The Turning Point ~ John Mayall

At Monterey ~ Otis Redding/Jimi Hendrix Experience
 
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bassybill said:
Wow, you've never heard it, really? BUY IT TODAY! You've been missing out on a classic live album for well over thirty years! :eek:
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Immediately, man. Your recommendation is more than enough for me to feel the urge of adding this album to my CD collection. Thank you! :)

BTW, forgot to mention that perhaps another reason why I haven't been interested in this album is because one of my first DP purchases was "Last Concert In Japan", when I was in my early teens. I didn't know so much about the band and I wanted the record because the version of "Smoke On The Water" from that album (with Coverdale screaming just after Tommy Bolin starts playing the main riff) was prominently used on a TV commercial at the time (and I liked it).

Although there were some bits that I enjoyed (like the keyboard-only "Burn" riff or the riff from "Love Child" -which I haven't heard before-), I immensely hated David Coverdale's interacting with the audience, most of the time screaming like if someone were squeezing his balls. Somewhere I read something along the lines of "Coverdale always wanted to do that kind of stuff, but Blackmore had him perfectly under control. When Blackmore left, Coverdale felt free to do whatever he wanted". :spit:

Not to mention the (horrible) overall sound quality of the album. For me, it is obvious that the band was agonizing and the album serves as a document of that, but I really hate it. Although I'm not going to deny that I've been curious about the extended version called "This Time Around: Live In Tokyo". I don't think Coverdale's annoying talking was removed but maybe the audio quality was improved?
 
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Rush Exit Stage Left
Allman Brothers Live At The Fillmore East
Tom Waits Nighthawks At The Diner
Hendrix Band Of Gypsys

And while it might not be the top, I'm enjoying it now, since I recently discovered them (and cannot stop listening to them!):
Frost*: FrostFest Live

if you haven't heard them, and you love prog, do yourself a favor and check out their album Milliontown
 

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